Source "Medicinal Property Test"

The source is the volatile oil obtained by distillation from the dried flower buds (Syringa oblata) of Syzygium aromaticum (Eugenia aromaticum. or Eugenia caryophyllata.) in Myrtaceae (in ancient times, it was mostly the oil squeezed by the female clove). The plant morphology of Syringa oblata is an evergreen tree, which is as high as 10-20 meters, with oval leaves and large single leaves. The flowers are red, cymes, and the buds are white at first, then turn green, and when they grow to 1.5-2 cm long, they turn red, and then they can be harvested. The buds are called cloves when they are used as medicine. Calyx stipules long, calyx and petals 4; The fruit is oblong, and it is called the mother clove. See the picture on the right for details.

Lilac originated in Indonesia. At present, lilacs are mainly produced in Indonesia, Zanzibar and Madagascar, and also in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In 2005, lilacs produced in Indonesia accounted for about 80% of the world's total output. China's Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and southern Yunnan also have a small amount of cultivation.

The medicinal materials are light yellow or colorless clear oil with the special fragrance of cloves. Exposed to the air or stored for a long time, it will gradually thicken and turn brown. Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, ether or glacial acetic acid. The specific gravity is1.038 ~1.060.

Sexual taste "Compendium": sweet and pungent, and hot.

Functions are indicated for warming stomach and kidney.

Treat stomach cold and pain, hiccup, vomiting and diarrhea, arthralgia, hernia pain, halitosis and toothache.

① "Test of Medicinal Properties": strengthening yang and warming kidney. Treat hernia and yin cold.

② Pharmacognosy by Wang Dianxiang: used for flatulence, colic, dyspepsia, nausea and vomiting; Rheumatalgia, neuralgia, toothache.

Usage and dosage for oral administration: drop a little into decoction or drink with wine. External use: rub the affected area.

Prescription ① Treatment of stomach cold, hiccup and vomiting: clove oil, rubbing through the stomach.

② Treatment of cold and stomachache: clove oil, good wine and kimono.

③ Warming abdomen, removing water and diarrhea: clove oil coated with warm navel paste.

④ Dispelling swelling: apply clove oil to navel.

⑤ Treatment of arthralgia: clove oil rubs the pain.

6 cure bad breath: clove oil wipes your teeth.

⑦ Detoxification of crab poison: Take a drop of clove oil with ginger soup. (1) The following is the compendium)

⑧ Treatment of insect-eaten toothache (non-inflammatory toothache): a little clove oil, dipped in a small cotton ball, embedded in the wormhole.

Excerpt from the Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Clove oil "Chinese materia medica"

The source is from the "Test of Medicinal Properties"

Pinyin name d and n Dīnɡ Xiānɡ Yóu u

English name Clove Oil

CAS NO. 8000-34-8